Plow



R. J. ALTGELT.

Patented May 3, 1921.

@Montag and designated by Serial RUDOLPH JL trenini or SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AssIGNOD To oDiviiitciiiLLDD" PLOW WQRKS, 0F SOUTHDENnjINDiANA. j

1,377,050. Original application led March 17,

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH J. ALTGELT,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident:

of South Bend, in the county of Saint Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in plows, and morevparticularly to frame construction for two-way plows,-this application being a division of application filed by me on the 17 th da of March 1920 One object of my present invention is to so construct a wheeled plow frame adapted for connection with ward end shall be narrow, thus permitting the frame to be vconnected. close tothe tracspecieaiion of Letteisr .fl i920. serial Nfo.i 396,538. .4

a tractor, that its fortor and still permit the turning ofthe trac-Y tor without conflict with Vsaid. frame. l

With this and other objectsin view, the invention consists in certain novel vfeatures of construction and combinations of partsas hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. f Y

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a plan View of aplow showing an embodiment of my invention, and Fig. 2 isA a side elevation. I

1 represents a wheeled frame comprising comparatively short side members 2, 2, to which suitable brackets 3 are secured for the accommodation of fixed straight aXle members 8a for ground wheels l members 2, 2 are bent toward'each other and terminate in parallel portions 5, 5, between which, the rear end `of a central beam orframe member 6 is secured by means of bolts 6a. The wheeled frame also includes an arch comprising uprightl curved or segmental bars 8 connected at their upper ends by a cross bar or member 9, and diagonal braces 10 connected at their rear ends to the upper ortion of the larch and the forward ends of these brace bars are connected with the forward portion of the central framebeam 6, rearwardly of the forward extremity of the latter, by a bolt 11. Between theforward ends of the braces 10, the forward ends of plow beams- 12, 13 are disposed and 4, 1. The frame aant. a Patented Mays, 192,1.

l19.2o,s.=.`r1a1 No. asten., Divided. mais apbli'captin' flied my 15,

"pivotally Ccaaea'eawiai hemmt iiy-imm of the bolt 11,-the rearends of said plow beams being provided with standard portions ,14, 14:, to` which plow bases 15, 16"'aref secured, one being disposed reversely with` respect to the other asis customary in twoway plows. The central frame beam 6 pro- ]ects. forwardlyY beyond the forward ends of the frame. and of the plow beams and this forwardly projecting portion of theA kcentral frame beamconstitutes a draw bar to which cilevis members 17are secured. 'Io these clevis members a couplingY yoke 18 mayl be pivotally attached for connecting Y the forward endv of the wheeled frame with a tractorcV 1 By constructingy .the wheeled frame as hereinbefore described and with the wheels l Y nearits rear end, the forwardly projecting.

portion of the frame is verynarrow and thus close connection 'of said frame vwith a tractor is facilitated andsdanger of conflict ofthe tractorwith the wheeled frame when the tractor is Vturned relativelyrthereto, is

eliminated.

"Elon'gated Vand 'slightly curved tubular guides 19 are secured to the divergent rear portions of the plow beams and are movable on the upright segmental bars 8 when one or the other plow beamis raised'or lowered,-'such connection of the plow beams with the frame also serving to retain said beams and the plow bases properly spaced.

Chains 2O are connected with the tubular guides 19 and, after passing'over pulleys 21 at the juncture of thefbrace barsv 10 with the' guide bars 8, areextended downwardlyV l.and adapted to windl on drums 22,-the lati` terbeing adapted, by `means of clutch inech. anism, to be connected with the carrying wheels, as shown and described in my ap- "plication for patent hereinbefore identified.

Havingv fully described my invention what I-'claim as new and desire to secure by Letl ters-Patent, is Y f 1. Y In a plow J structure, the combination of mounted on wheels and a central frame forward end of said central frame member adapted for connection with a tractor, and low beams-pivotallyy connected near theirl orwardl ends to the central frame member lso 100, a rigid frame comprising` a rear portion of said rigid'frame neer the' forward end of said Aframe member.

2,'In e' plovsT structure,v the combination of ay rear `frame portion, Wheels on which' said rear frame portion is mounted, a cen-gg tral frame member secured to the rear frame portion and extending'forwardly therefrom,l

upright members` secured tothe real frame porti-on, brace members 'extending `fromy said upright members to the forward portion of n thecentral frame member -endseoureo'liao Y VY1,377,050

the latter', md V.plow rbeams pivotally connected with Lthe forward portions of the central:frameI'nembersl and the-brace members.

In testimony whereofyl have sig-ned this 15 i' specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y 1 I Y *A y' RUDOLPH J. ALTGELT. 'vtnessesf i I `Rosie B. MARBAUGH,

T. C. CLINTON. y 

